exercise a hub

[Mike McCarty]

THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> On 9/27/05, Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> ...
> 
>>>The problem is that I don't really know what the problem, the hub
>>>itself might be fine.  It's guesswork and trial and error.
> 
> ...
> 
>>In that case, build/purchase a crossover cable. Then you'll *know*
> 
> ...
> 
> Well, I went out and bought a switch, fifteen canadian dollars, and
> plugged the Asus WL-330g adapter into the switch, reset and configured
> the adapter, and everthing works fine now.

Great!

> So, unless my "experiment" is flawed, the problem was definitely the
> old hub.  I'm curious, however, as to why the old hub failed. 
> According to the manual a hub should work fine.

How long do your lightbulbs normally "work"?

> Aside from pings, how else can you test a hub?

Well, there are a number of ways to check out a hub,
or any other piece of comm equipment. But you need
hardware knowledge, and some test equipment.

Want a quick tutorial on how to use an oscilloscope?

Mike
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